“I don't know when I made that active decision to be a writer or to try to write, but I know I always liked storytelling.” Quote by John Ridley
“I think I'm an overly emotional person. I feel a lot, but I don't believe that's unique to me or that's how I am able to do the things I do.” ThinkingFeelsBelievePersonsAbleEmotionalUniqueDon't BelieveEmotional Person Author:John Ridley
“As a writer, as a storyteller, you have to have your emotions close, and the older I've gotten, the less I've worried about not displaying emotions.” EmotionWorriedStoryteller Author:John Ridley
“When I was young and I look at the things that I wrote - I don't think that was the word they used back then, but they had a hipster sensibility. They were a little irreverent.” ThinkingLooksLittlesYoungUsedSensibilityHipsterIrreverent Author:John Ridley
“When entertainment works the best, you're creating an apparatus to convey emotions.” EmotionCreatingEntertainment Author:John Ridley
“I don't think it's good when entertainment tries to proselytize and I don't think people ultimately want someone showing up in their living room and just hectoring at them all day long. But if you can create a space where people are caught up in something - whether it's a drama, a comedy, a romantic comedy, or science fiction - that's when people give over their minds and allow their emotions to flow.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantGivingTryingMindLongSpaceRoomsEmotionFictionComedyDramaFlowScience FictionCaughtEntertainmentCaught UpLiving RoomShowing Up Author:John Ridley
“My kids will find me walking around the house talking to myself and think I'm going crazy. I like to read the scripts out loud and really get the rhythm for the dialogue.” ThinkingKidsHouseTalkingCrazyWalkingScriptsDialogueRhythmLoudFind MeGoing Crazy Author:John Ridley
“I'm used to something where you have to create an entire world, and I do like that process. I like getting the audience to believe that outside of the frame of your television set, there's a whole real world that exists, that is different from your day-to-day reality.” WorldBelieveDifferentRealWholeRealityUsedProcessAudienceTelevisionReal WorldDay To Day Author:Ronald D. Moore
“I like interacting with fans and I like hearing what they say, but you have to take it all with a grain of salt.” FansHearingSaltGrainInteractingGrain Of Salt Author:Ronald D. Moore
“You have to realize that people who bother to log on to anything and talk about a television show is a very specific fraction of the audience. It's not the general audience, so you can't get too crazy listening to just that. That's not representative, but they are the most dedicated.” PeopleShowsRealizingAudienceCrazyTelevisionListeningBotherDedicatedRepresentativesFractionsTelevision Shows Author:Ronald D. Moore